Rumor: Top Insiders continue to spread crazy info on Duchene's situation.

I am tired, you are tired, we’re all tired of Duchene’s situation. Is it the end?

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Rumor: Top Insiders continue to spread crazy info on Duchene's situation.
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I am tired, you are tired, we’re all tired of Duchene’s situation.

All eyes were on Joe Sakic and the Colorado Avalanche at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. It had been long speculated that the Avs’ GM would finally pull the trigger on a Matt Duchene trade but, of course, it never happened. A week later and trade rumblings seem to have died down. Until today. Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch has reported that the Avalanche have inquired about Blue Jackets defensemen Gabriel Carlsson and Ryan Murray in exchange for Duchene:

Duchene … some people rip the Avalanche and they say they’re being obstinate. Their perspective is—look, one of the guys Columbus was talking about was Ryan Murray. And I really don’t like where I’m going to go with this because I have a bad feeling it’s going to be totally misinterpreted – because I don’t want to insult Ryan Murray. But the way Colorado looks at it is he is their fifth defenseman. ‘We’re not trading Matt Duchene for a fifth defenseman.’ Reported NHL Insider Elliotte Friedman.

Ryan Murray and fifth defenseman in the same sentence? Really?

Joe Sakic is out of his mind and may be out of options as reported by Darren Dreger.

Now, Chris MacFarland—who is the right-hand man of Joe Sakic there in Colorado—he traded Rick Nash on July 23,’ the Insider noted. ‘So he’s patient. He was with Scott Howson when they made that deal and it was July 23, and they waited until they got what they wanted. So I think that Colorado is going to follow the same path.”

Source: Fanrag